Interview 22122 – Caption Index: 525
Any advice for a new zoo director based on your experience?… Read More
Any advice for a new zoo director based on your experience?… Read More
Well, I would hope and I think, you know, with AZA and the accreditation program, they already do all of that. Read More
What makes a good zoo and what’s prepared?… Read More
I would hope that that, you know, there’s no question that animal care has to be the top priority. You know, animal welfare is a part of it, and there are some zoos, some roadside institutions that don’t give proper animal care, and I would hope that those would improve… Read More
What do you think were the most significant changes during your career?… Read More
Any predictions about the future of US and maybe world zoos, either good or bad?… Read More
Well no doubt about it, the improvement in the drugs that were available for anesthetizing animals intermuscularly. In other words, the dart gun, and being able to deliver a medication to an animal from a distance, and hitting the muscle. You know, because prior to that, there were other anesthetics,… Read More
The animal management of what you could get, you know, an animal to do or not do as far as, you know, I was very dependent upon the keepers to know, you know, what’s going on and how they’re doing. But you know, some of it was a physical restraint,… Read More
I mean, I learned from the various directors that I served under, I learned from the keepers all the time, you know?… Read More
I don’t know if there’s anything that, you know, was high on my list to accomplish that I didn’t get done. You know, we continued to always improve our educational programs, which were high on the list. You asked about graphics before. I said, “You know, a lot of people… Read More
What was your most difficult time at the zoo, what lessons were learned?… Read More
Well, I learned from everybody. Read More
During the time you were at St. Louis, what had you hoped to accomplish but were a unable to finish?… Read More
Some of the questions now are, just what’s your opinion about these things?… Read More
And immediately we sent off hay samples, our supplement, our grain, we sent that off to both the university and to Ralston Purina, who helped us all the time. We sent it off, you know, to be evaluated, to see what’s there. Well it didn’t take them long, and it… Read More
And I said, “Don’t feed any of the hay in that barn to any of the animals in the zoo.” Now only the stone sheep were dying but, “Don’t feed it to anything anymore.” So what about our other?… Read More
We changed it immediately, and of course it cleared it up. A little detective work. Read More
Did they you know, what about the feed?… Read More
You know, did we get our feed from a different supplier?” You know, “No, nobody sprayed anything. Nobody changed any of the stuff they normally clean.” I said, “Well, we gotta stop whatever we’re feeding them right now.” And you know, I thought it must be in the hay, because… Read More
Did they spray something different?… Read More